im currently on ios 14.2 on my 6S with an 84% battery health phone was working fine till i upgraded to ios 14.2 now the battery drains so fast that i cant even leave it unplugged for more than 5 mins how do i downgrade to a more stable ios im on windows 10 and i got itunes installed
if it matters i never had any issues with my batter prior to the new update so please dont tell me my battery needs to be replaced
Almost invariably your situation is the result of a stuck process (e.g., an app or radio running all the time, even when it shouldn’t be). I agree with the thought to try to reset things.
First, I would do a hard restart (
not just powering off and powering on but the restart you do by pressing the down volume, up volume and power buttons (Google it for your particular phone model)).
If that doesn’t do it, I would do a Reset Network Settings from the Settings menu to see if maybe a WiFi or cellular radio is “stuck” and draining the battery.
If that fails, I would do a Reset All Settings, which will do the same thing, but over the whole device, not just radios and network connections.
Failing that, I might reinstall iOS 14.2 using the Restore command in the iTunes phone interface. Back up your phone first and restore from that backup. Your problem might be resolved there. Or the restored backup might just bring with it the same issue. Only then would I restore as new.
The point of this progression is to try to solve the problem in the way least intrusively to you. The later steps are more likely to solve the issue but also involve a lot more work getting your phone back to the way you have it set up now. So try the less intrusive steps first and see if they do the trick.
The one thing I can guarantee you is that is 14.2 is not supposed to be draining your battery that quickly.
